Phil Magness
@PhilWMagness
Economic historian @independentinst. I do data analysis about policy, past & present. Opinions = my own. Unapologetic opponent of tariffs & socialism.
I'm pleased to announce that over 150 economists and scholars in adjacent fields have signed a declaration opposing the economically harmful, constitutionally dubious tariff policies of the United States. Please add your name at the link below. anti-tariff.org
President Trump could dismantle U.S. sugar protectionism that gives corn syrup a cost advantage. wsj.com/opinion/donald… via @WSJopinion
It's not unbelievable because it didn't come out of nowhere. This is what podcasters have been pushing — either openly or with just enough subtlety to maintain plausible deniability. They've mirrored the left's revisionism and scapegoating to spread the cancer of identity-based…
“What do you guys think about Hitler?” Listen to the answers here It’s unbelievable that this is the level of rhetoric in 2025 But here we are Note this is @MyronGainesX’s podcast
Oh no, what a horrible repudiation of the idea that they shouldn’t be given taxpayers’ money.
scoop: donations to NPR and PBS stations have exploded, with donors across the country giving in unprecedented numbers since Congress cut federal funding nytimes.com/2025/07/24/bus…
A horrifying glimpse into the antisemitic underbelly of the edgelord "influencer" scene...
“What do you guys think about Hitler?” Listen to the answers here It’s unbelievable that this is the level of rhetoric in 2025 But here we are Note this is @MyronGainesX’s podcast
The most common question I get on here is: If tariffs are so bad, why do other countries use them? The answer: They basically don't. Most of our trading partners have almost no tariffs, and the few they have are in politically powerful sectors.
My favorite two job ads from George Mason University in recent years. Written as if dictated word for word by the DEI office.
Good for Bryan. This is how you use tenure.
This is amazing to watch.
Trump: It looks like it’s about $3.1 billion Powell: I’m not aware of that. Trump: It just came out Powell: You just added in a third building Trump: It’s a building that’s being built Powell: It was built five years ago.
Are tariffs inflationary? Strictly speaking, no, or at least not by much. Could tariffs have secondary implications that, along with other factors, lead to inflationary pressures? Potentially yes. But that includes repercussions that depend on how the Fed chooses to respond to…
Big win on 2nd amendment in California. reuters.com/legal/governme…
Hillary, Obama, and the Democrats clearly used the apparatus of government to delegitimize an election and harm Donald Trump. This should be fully investigated, and those responsible should be punished. Thanks to @DNIGabbard for bringing more of this to light.
Newly declassified documents from @DNIGabbard show Obama’s intel chiefs used government power to push the Trump-Russia collusion hoax. And to this day, Hillary Clinton cries “rigged” at the 2016 election. But Democrats say President Trump is the threat for questioning Biden's…
Now is as good a time as any to remind everyone that I was the only person who opposed John Brennan as CIA director. Seems as though my hunch about him was correct… foxnews.com/video/63760438…
In your own words, Oren, please explain what you think the economics profession is "getting wrong." I'd be happy to fact-check your claims for you.
In which I join the @business Trumponomics podcast to discuss tariffs, inflation, and the Fed. Really enjoyed talking with @AnnaEconomist, one of the few honest brokers out there willing to say when the economics profession is just getting it wrong. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"Socialism has never and nowhere been at first a working-class movement...It is a construction of theorists, deriving from certain tendencies of abstract thought with which for a long time only the intellectuals were familiar" - F.A. Hayek
Zohran Mamdani’s rise is fueled by downwardly mobile urban millennials who feel failed by the system and want to tear it down. But their politics may be too radical to win over the growing, suburban middle class Democrats need in other parts of the country.
Curious how MMT took off at the exact same moment as the "Great Awokening" ca. 2014...
